tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49532360194675929572017-12-13T11:30:19.147-05:00 Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo<b><big>All things GREEN: Energy, Environment, and Economy</big></b><br><i>*Grow Clean Energy *Cut Pollution *Protect Health *Create Jobs</i>David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comBlogger846125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-82205679171968155192017-12-12T16:32:00.000-05:002017-12-12T16:36:10.441-05:00PRESENTATION: Sustainable Investing - Do Your Savings Reflect Your Values?David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-19502213896601366602017-12-11T15:54:00.002-05:002017-12-11T16:29:01.684-05:00Film Premier: 'HAPPENING - A Clean Energy Revolution' - Features Buffalo Activists
PUSH Buffalo and the WASH Project star in new film "Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution" premiering TONIGHT, Monday 12/11, at 8:00PM on HBO!
Free Screening TONIGHT at 8:00PM at the Frank Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave., Buffalo
Watch the Film Trailer:
As described by director Jamie Redford, ‘Happening’ is personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-51814308584526892802017-11-26T08:42:00.000-05:002017-11-26T11:47:10.340-05:00Workshop on Climate Justice in Western NY
Climate Justice Workshop
Sam Magavern and UB Law | December 1, 2017, 10 am
Please join Sam Magavern of the
Partnership for the Public Good and a team of seven University at
Buffalo Law School students for a workshop on climate justice.
This Climate Justice Workshop will be held December 1, 2017 from 10am to
Noon at 617 Main St. (Market Arcade - Map) in the First Floor Community
David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-89606010033848065912017-11-22T05:00:00.000-05:002017-11-22T05:00:15.920-05:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING from Re-ENERGIZE Buffalo!
A Time to be Thankful for Family, Friends, Food and More.
The image is Norman Rockwell's painting "Freedom from Want" (1943),
which is often referred to as 'The Thanksgiving Picture'. Rockwell
inserted a self-portrait in the lower right corner.
The
painting was inspired by the speech delivered by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt to Congress in his State of the Union address (1941).
David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-26181260479858344542017-11-19T16:24:00.000-05:002017-11-20T06:54:36.281-05:00Pricing Climate Pollution in NY State will generate Billions for Clean Energy Investments and over 100,000 Jobs Annually
Polluters Must Pay their Fair Share to Fund the Needed Increase in NY State’s Renewable
Energy Investments
to Stabilize the Climate and Protect Health
ALBANY, NY -- New York State
must increase public clean energy investments by $4-5.5 billion per year
in order to exceed its emission reduction targets, according to a
groundbreaking report released today by the Political Economy Research
David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-35340760010615768492017-11-17T17:03:00.001-05:002017-11-21T08:33:21.382-05:00CLIMATE ACTION: 'Call-the-Governor Day' Organized by Statewide Clean Energy Coalition - Tuesday Nov. 21
This Tuesday, November 21st, NY Renews is organizing a statewide Call-the-Governor Day.
Our goal is to have over 1,000 New Yorkers call into the Governor’s office, and demand that he show visionary leadership in his 2018 State of the State.
We need him to commit to 100% renewables, and make corporate polluters pay for the damage they're doing to our health and our climate.
Tell David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-65915907389164264802017-11-17T15:55:00.000-05:002017-11-20T06:09:46.909-05:00WORKSHOP: Local Solutions to the Climate, Jobs, and Health Crises affecting Marginalized Communities in Buffalo
100% BUFFALO WORKSHOP: Will explore local solutions to the climate, jobs, and health crises affecting marginalized communities across Buffalo, with an introduction to Movement Generation’s Just Transition framework and the NY Renews campaign.
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 30, 5:30pm-8:00pm
WHERE: Grant St. Neighborhood Center, 271 Grant St., Buffalo
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Renewable Energy, David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-11188134204792788982017-11-07T17:59:00.003-05:002017-11-07T19:14:30.534-05:00Pollution-Free Electric Vehicles are the Future
Electric Vehicles Can Benefit All Utility Customers
February 14, 2017 Luke Tonachel | NRDC
Despite the Trump administration’s apparent affection for the fossil fuels industry, individual states are looking at the numbers and coming up with a different conclusion: The future belongs to pollution-free electric vehicles, and the sooner we get them on the road, the better off we’ll all be. And David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-75064106534576010132017-11-07T12:36:00.000-05:002017-11-07T12:43:43.636-05:00Renewable Energy: 'Energy is a party' when the Sun and Bicyclists power the Music
Paris.solarsoundsystem.org
At outdoor parties in Paris and elsewhere, booming speakers and turntables playing the music are powered entirely by two large solar panels and two bikes linked to generators,
pedaled by partygoers.
“We can party all night, after the sun has gone down,” says Cédric Carles, founder of Solar Sound System, a collective that sponsors the events. “If the pedaling stops,David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-81939780334407181462017-11-06T17:19:00.000-05:002017-11-06T17:52:28.163-05:00Federal Agencies Report that Humans are the Dominant Cause of Climate Change
Directly contradicting the Trump administration position on climate change, 13 federal agencies released an extensive scientific report that says humans are the dominant cause of the global temperature rise that has occurred since 1901, creating the warmest period in human history.Over the past 115 years, global average temperatures have increased 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius), David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-86553503739201739982017-10-30T18:58:00.000-04:002017-11-07T20:28:10.365-05:00National Expert to Speak on Renewable Heating & Cooling
Jay Egg, a nationally-recognized expert in Renewable Heating and Air Conditioning, will speak on November 14, 2017, 6:00pm-8:00pm at UB South Campus, Hayes Hall (room 403), 3435 Main St., Buffalo. [Map]
Free and Open to the Public
Free parking in adjacent lots
Doors open at 5:30pm
Join the Facebook Event - Click here
For more information, visit RenewableHeatNow.org
David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-6215720948470018192017-10-15T17:30:00.000-04:002017-10-15T17:37:12.608-04:00NY Climate Solutions Summit -- October 28th in Rochester
What: NY Climate Solutions Summit
When: Saturday, October 28th, 8am-5pm
Where: The Harley School
1981 Clover Street, Rochester [Map]
Keynote Speakers:
Aaron Mair, Former Sierra Club President
Sandra Steingraber, Acclaimed Author & Ecologist
The
NY Climate Solutions Summit
invites both new and experienced clean energy and climate organizers
from across the state David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-58525075209100423692017-09-26T12:20:00.000-04:002017-09-26T18:04:46.879-04:00Panel Discussion Forum at Burchfield Penney Art Center: Communicating Climate Science
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Humanities New York
presents
Turning the Tide:
Communicating Climate Science
Thursday, Sept. 28, 6 PM
Burchfield Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo
FREE and open to the public.
Doubt, while fundamental to the scientific method, has played an out-sized role in the public debate on climate change. Why do so many Americans David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-38069426692365538742017-09-14T05:30:00.000-04:002017-09-26T18:00:45.462-04:00Bill McKibben - Renowned Environmental Author, Educator and Activist - to Speak in Buffalo
Bill McKibben
will speak on
“The Desperate Climate Fight: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Moment,”
Friday, Sept. 29, 8pm at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen books about the environment, beginning with The End of Nature in 1989, which is regarded as the first book for a general audience on climate change, and has appeared in 24 David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-4583255785226080712017-09-14T05:00:00.000-04:002017-09-26T13:19:19.262-04:00Buffalo Humanities Festival: ENVIRONMENTS
Saturday, Sept. 30, 10:30 AMRockwell Hall, Buffalo State College
The full festival day begins with a performance by Deke Weaver of “BEAR and the Unreliable Bestiary” and continues with talks, panels, and community conversations focusing on issues of environmental justice and economic sustainability, activism and planning, and the global climate change crisis.
Lunch by West Side Bazaar David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-31138609296558615802017-09-13T22:05:00.000-04:002017-09-28T14:18:49.276-04:00Panel Discussion: Solar-Powered Carousel Project - Learn about Progress and How to Get Involved
The Buffalo Heritage Carousel
A Solar Powered Carousel at Canalside!
At the Burchfield Penney Art Center1300 Elmwood AvenueBuffalo, New York 14222
Saturday, September 30th at 10:30 am until 12:30 pm~Free and Open to the Public~
Please join us on Saturday, September 30th at 10:30 am until 12:30 pm
for an exciting and informative discussion of the wonderful progress
that has been David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-78231264442760319222017-09-13T18:03:00.000-04:002017-09-14T06:06:47.151-04:00Distinguished Lecture: Global Climate Change and Human Health
University at Buffalo
RENEW Distinguished Lecture Series Presents
Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S.
Global Climate Change and Human Health: Global is Local
Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Director of the NIEHS and NTP, has spent more than 35 years researching, evaluating and educating the public on risks associated with hazardous environmental exposures. UB’s Institute on Research David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-33488756415679073672017-09-06T11:56:00.001-04:002017-09-06T12:02:02.028-04:00Community Mayoral Debate: Social Justice Advocates will pose Questions to Buffalo Mayoral Candidates
The event is non-partisan and will not endorse
any candidate. The organizers encourage everyone's involvement and education in
the process.
Indigenous peoples are one of the populations in the city that can be
invisible and marginalized in the overall debate surrounding the city.
This event will be to shift the conversation.
There will also be groups addressing issues of David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-70026736402165969262017-08-21T20:45:00.000-04:002017-08-22T08:14:18.768-04:00Report: Wind and Solar Power Reduce Pollution, Benefit Our Health and Climate, and Save Money
Wind and solar power are saving Americans an astounding amount of money
Not getting sick and dying from pollution is worth quite a bit, it turns out.
By David Roberts | Vox.com | Aug 18, 2017
Wind and solar power are subsidized by just about every major country in the world, either directly or indirectly through tax breaks, mandates, and regulations.
The main rationale for these subsidies isDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-76633187319531654632017-08-20T17:43:00.000-04:002017-09-08T14:22:46.128-04:00COMMUNITY FORUM: Educational Presentations on Mitigating Climate Change
ADK Niagara Frontier Chapter
Conservation Committee
presents a
CONSERVATION CONVERSATION
on
Mitigating Climate Change
September 16, 2017
Free and Open to the Public.
The program will discuss methods that are currently being utilized
or are being researched to decrease the effect of climate change on
people, communities and aquatic ecosystems. This program is offered at
no David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-75153159247122631362017-07-27T09:15:00.000-04:002017-07-27T12:29:43.840-04:00PUBLIC HEARING: National Grid Proposal to Increase Electricity Delivery Charges by 17.5% -- Attend the Hearing and/or Submit Your Comments Online!The NY State Public Service Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on a proposed rate hike by National Grid on August 1st in the Gallery Conference Room at the Central Library in Buffalo [Map].
Two Sessions of Public Hearings:
Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm Information and 3:00 pm Public Comments
Evening Session: 6:00 pm Information and 7:00 pm Public Comments
National Grid proposes to David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-42574996254480109682017-07-27T08:32:00.000-04:002017-07-27T12:32:21.366-04:00Public Webinar: Is Enough Being Done to Clean Up Lake Erie?
Click to RSVP for the August 2nd Webinar
It is unacceptable for Lake Erie—or any Great Lake—to be
so polluted that it becomes a threat to our health.
Three years ago, on August 2nd,
the unthinkable happened. Toledo, a major Great Lakes city, had to ban
drinking the water supply it draws from the lakes. For two and a half
days, Toledo
area residents could not drink the water David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-24209678871208204372017-07-26T10:47:00.001-04:002017-07-26T10:47:41.889-04:00Buffalo Youth Traveled to D.C. to Participate in Empowering Workshops and March for Climate Justice
Recap: MAP Youth Attend D.C. Climate March
Author: Mariama McCoy, MAP Youth | Re-posted from GrowWNY.org
June 12, 2017
Climate JUSTICE and YOUTH
Youth from Buffalo's Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) had the chance to go to D.C.
for the People’s Climate March to represent agriculture and youth for
they affect and are also affected by climate change. Although the trip
began with David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-50550949055584896142017-06-30T12:00:00.002-04:002017-06-30T15:20:09.584-04:00'Conservationist of the Year' named by ADK Niagara Frontier ChapterBy David Kowalski ~ ADK-NFC Member.
At the Annual Meeting of the ADK Niagara Frontier Chapter, the Conservation Committee presented Diana Strablow
of the Sierra Club Niagara Group with the the Conservationist of the Year Award.
Diana Strablow (holding ADK award plaque in the photo) organized opposition of
landowners and environmental groups against National
Fuel’s proposed 97-mile David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953236019467592957.post-76209733358908045782017-06-22T14:55:00.000-04:002017-06-22T15:01:46.344-04:00NY Renews Coalition Reacts to NYS Senate Failure to Pass Climate Bill Prioritizing Jobs and JusticeOn Thursday, the New York State Senate failed to pass the Climate and Community Protection Act.
In response, the NY Renews Coalition released the following statement:
On June 1st, Donald Trump made the disastrous decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. On June 21st, the last day of the legislative session, the leaders of the New York Senate failed again to David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com0